Sphenomorphus louisiadensis (BOULENGER, 1903)
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae, Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Synonym | Lygosoma louisiadense BOULENGER 1903: 433 Lygosoma louisiadense — DE ROOIJ 1915: 185 Sphenomorphus louisiadensis — GREER 1979 |
Distribution | Papua New Guinea
Type locality: Rossel Island
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Types | Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.19.21-26 (formerly 99.4.25.8-13), Rossel I., Louisiade Archipelago, PNG, collected A.S. Meek. |
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- Boulenger, G.A. 1903. Descriptions of new lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 12: 429-435 - get paper here
- de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here
- Greer, A. E. 1979. A phylogenetic subdivision of Australian skinks. Rec. Austral. Mus. 32: 339-371 - get paper here
- Greer, A.E. 1977. On the adaptive significance of the loss of an oviduct in reptiles. Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales 101(4): 242-249 - get paper here
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